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Mic Conway
Mic Conway To Play 50th Anniversary Show

Captain Matchbox Whoopee Band founder (and the voice of Wags the Dog) Mic Conway is planning a 50th anniversary show.

May 16, 2018
Bohemian Rhapsody movie Queen
Freddie Mercury Biopic Trailer Released

After years in development hell, the Freddie Mercury biopic, Bohemian Rhapsody, finally has a trailer and a release date of November 2.

May 16, 2018
Ray Davies Our Country Americana 2
Ray Davies Has A Second Volume Of Americana On The Way

Legacy Recordings, a division of Sony Music Entertainment, will release Our Country: Americana Act II, the eagerly awaited new album from Ray Davies on Friday, June 29. This new studio album will be available on CD, 2LP vinyl and digital formats.

May 16, 2018
Macy Gray, music news, noise11.com
Macy Gray To Release Her 10th Album

The legendary and multi-award winning, multi-platinum selling singer, songwriter and actress Macy Gray has confirmed today that she will be releasing her tenth studio album titled Ruby on Artistry Music, a Mack Avenue label this fall. Talking exclusively to Billboard Magazine about the record today, Macy revealed the album will be "gritty and grimy and dirty," and have elements of pop, R&B and jazz.

May 15, 2018
Prince Purple Rain
Prince Band The Revolution Sets US and Euro Dates

Prince played with many talented musicians over the course of his 40-year career, but his most celebrated and iconic allies will always be Bobby Z, Wendy Melvoin, Lisa Coleman, Matt Fink & Brownmark; The Revolution.

May 15, 2018
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Boz Scaggs Has Another Blues Album Coming

Boz Scaggs is in the midst of a musical renaissance. Through his recent explorations in R&B, jazz and the Great American Songbook, the versatile singer/songwriter/guitarist has created a highly personal, unfailingly soulful modern repertoire.

May 15, 2018
Cream
Cream Members Family Members To Tour Tribute Band

After rave reviews in Australia and New Zealand from the media and fans alike, The Music of Cream: 50th Anniversary World Tour is primed to take over North America and celebrate the music and legacy their family members created.

May 15, 2018
Eric Burdon Patti Smith photo by Yee Fan Chu
Eric Burdon Cake Sets Patti Smith’s Hair On Fire

Patti Smith personally delivered a birthday cake to Eric Burdon at his City winery show in New York on Friday night and accidentally set her hair on fire.

May 15, 2018
The Backstreet Boys perform at Rod Laver Arena Melbourne on Friday 8 May 2015. Photo Ros O'Gorman
Backstreet Boys Prepare For Ninth Album

Backstreet Boys will release their first new music since the 2013 ‘In A World Like This’ album soon.

May 15, 2018
Milk Carton Kids, Noise11, Photo
Milk Carton Kids Premiere ‘Big Time’

The Milk Carton Kids will release 'All the Things That I Did and All the Things That I Didn't Do’ in June.

May 15, 2018
Puppet Ed Sheeran
Puppet Ed Sheeran Says English Hotdogs Are Better Than America Hotdogs

Puppet Ed Sheeran has given one of his most controversial interviews admitting publically that he think English hotdogs are better than American hotdogs.

May 15, 2018
Billy Corgan, The Smashing Pumpkins, Photo Ros O'Gorman, Noise11, photo
Smashing Pumpkins To Play Intimate Show Inspired By 1979 Music Video

Smashing Pumpkins will perform an intimate show known as the 1979 House Party as a secret show inspired by the video for their hit song ‘1979’.

May 15, 2018
Nick De La Hoyde, music news, noise11.com
Australia’s Nick de la Hoyde Plays Rolling Loud Festival In Florida

Nick de la Hoyde joined a line-up featuring Post Malone, Machine Gun Kelly, Wiz Khalifa and Lil Skies when he played the Rolling Loud Festival in Florida on the weekend.

May 15, 2018
Amy Shark
Keith Urban and Amy Shark Win Queensland Music Awards

Keith Urban has been awarded the Highest Selling Album award at the Queensland Music Awards while Amy Shark has taken home five awards.

May 15, 2018
Patti Smith performs her last Australian show at Festival Hall in Melbourne on Thursday 20 April 2017. Photo by Ros O'Gorman
Patti Smith To Release Horses: Patti Smith and her Band Documentary

Patti Smith has documented the 40th anniversary of the 70s masterpiece ‘Horses’ with the upcoming documentary ‘Horses: Patti Smith and her Band’.

May 15, 2018
Alex The Astronaut
Sounds Australia Showcases Australian Acts For UK and Spain

The Kite String Tangle, The Teskey Brothers, Alex The Astronaut and City Calm Down are some of the Australia acts set to showcase for Sounds Australia in the UK and Spain in coming weeks.

May 15, 2018
Chris Cornell, the Palais Theatre St Kilda. Photo by Ros O'Gorman
Widow Of Chris Cornell Organisers Vigil To Mark First Anniversary

Chris Cornell's widow has invited the rocker's fans to pay tribute to him on the anniversary of his death.

May 15, 2018
Sam Smith plays the Town Hall in Melbourne at an intimate show put on by iHeart Radio, KiisFM and Optus Yes. Photo by Ros O'Gorman
Sam Smith Is Suing His Former Record Label

Sam Smith is reportedly locked in a legal battle with his former label to prevent the release of music he recorded before he became famous.

May 15, 2018
Regina Spektor
Regina Spektor To Play Sydney and Melbourne

Russian born singer songwriter Regina Spektor will return to Australia in July for concerts in Melbourne and Sydney.

May 15, 2018
The Hummingbird
Legal Bunfight Brews Over Melbourne’s Newest Venue The Hummingbird

Melbourne’s newest music venue The Hummingbird has changed its name after being threatened with legal action by millionaire real-estate developer Albert Dadon (aka Albare) for referencing a bird in their name.

May 14, 2018
Olivia Newton-John - Photo By Ros O'Gorman
Olivia Newton-John Is Now A Doctor In Australia

Olivia Newton-John has been given the title Doctor for her work in developing cancer research in Australia.

May 14, 2018
Neil Young & Crazy Horse, The Plenary, Melbourne, Australia, Noise11,Ros O'Gorman, Photo
Neil Young To Start Charging For The Neil Young Archives

Neil Young will start charging at monthly or annual subscription for his online archive from June 1.

May 14, 2018
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Foreigner Have The No 1 Album On Classical Chart In America

Classic rock band Foreigner are now officially a classical rock band. The legendary 70s rock band is number one on Billboard’s Classical Chart.

May 14, 2018
Perry Como Catch A Falling Star
The Gold Record Award Turns 60

The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has passed a milestone. Gold record awards have turned 60 years old.

May 14, 2018
The Rubens
The Rubens New ‘Never Ever’ Video Directed By Sam Brumby

The Rubens have handpicked director Sam Brumby for their new ‘Never Ever’ video.

May 14, 2018
Arctic Monkeys. Photo by Ros O'Gorman, Noise11, Photo
Tame Impala’s Cam Avery Guests On New Arctic Monkeys Album

Cam Avery, from Perth bands Tame Impala and Pond, is a special guest on the new Arctic Monkeys album ‘Tranquillity Base Hotel & Casino’.

May 14, 2018
KT Tunstall and Mike McCready
KT Tunstall Records Tom Petty Cover With Pearl Jam’s Mike McCready For Vitalogy Foundation

Mike McCready of Pearl Jam, KT Turnstall and Leah Julius of Thunderpussy decided to get together and record a song by one of their all time musical heroes Tom Petty. They chose ‘I Won’t Back Down’. The 3 musicians felt it would serve as a loud shout of support to all the people all over the world marching, protesting and standing up for justice and equality”.

May 14, 2018
The Vines at the Aussie BBQ at SXSW
The Vines To Reunite To Tour With Jet

The Vines ‘Winning Days’ line-up will reform to tour Australia with Jet in May and June.

May 14, 2018
Bob Dylan image
Bob Dylan To Return To Australia And New Zealand In August

Bob Dylan, one of the world’s true music legends, will tour Australia and New Zealand in August, 2018.

May 14, 2018
Cardi B
Cardi B Deletes Her Instagram Account After Azealia Banks Brouhaha

Cardi B deleted her Instagram account after getting involved in a nasty spat with fellow rapper Azealia Banks.

May 14, 2018